Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23607, Joseph Dunten, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Dunton, Joseph or Dinton
S 23607
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1099 Vermont
Joseph Durlon of Townshend in the State of Vermont who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Clinton of the Regt. commanded by Col. Rigelow in the Massachusetts line for 3 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 80 Dollars per ann. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th day of October 1832 and sent to P. White Putney Vt
Airs to 4th of Sept. 1832 120.00 Pension allowance ending 4 th March 1833 40.00 $160.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by M c uffield Clerk, Book S Vol. 4 Page 53

1486.
Joseph Dutton Townshead Windham Esq
St Asaph
Admitted
Private for 3 years
£80. per Ann.
send to P. White Putney. Wt.

BRIEF in the case of Joseph Dutton of Wenslow Windham Co, in the State of Vermont (Act 7 June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
In open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he?
73 Years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Spring In 1777 10 of March 3- Enlisted Private  Gen. Capt. Adam Martin Col Biglow  Found on Biglows Roll for 3 years.   
5. In what battles was he engaged?
Surrender of Burgoyne, Monmouth, Rhode Island
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Stourbridge, Massachusetts.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
By Living witnesses.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
They are not
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Robt. Noble Examining Clerk.

Joseph Dunton

We Joshua Harding and Samuel Newell both of South-bridge in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, testify and say — That on or about the tenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & ninety seven, Joseph Dutton of Townsend in the County of Windham & State of Vermont enlisted as a Private in the continental Service of the United States of America, in the Company commanded by Capt. Adam Martin, in the fifteenth Regiment of the Massachusetts line, commanded by Colonel Timothy Biglow — that he served as a private in said Regiment for the term of three years, and was regularly discharged on or about the tenth day March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & eighty. — Joshua Harding Samuel Newell
Worcester ss. Oct. 2. 1819.
Personally appeared Joshua Harding & Samuel Newell above named and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by them subscribed. Before me Timothy Paige L. Suis Pacis.

Worcester ss. Oct. 2 d . 1819. ✓
I hereby certify, that Joshua Harding and Samuel Chenell, the above Disponents, are men of veracity, and not interested in this application. ✓
Timothy Paige L. Ins. Pacis. ✓
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER, ss.
I, ABIJAH BIGELOW, Clerk of the Judicial Courts holden within and for said County of Worcester , certify, that Timothy Paige Jr. Esquire , before whom the annexed affidavits have been made, is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly qualified for the purpose, acting under the authority of this Commonwealth, and that his name subscribed thereto is his own proper signature.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the County seal, this sixth day of October ,
A. D. 1819.
Application of Joseph Dutton.
Abijah Bigelow, Clk.

Windham County Vt. Jos. Dunton's Deed For Pension Aug. 7 th 1832
1 st 1886.
DUNTON, JOSEPH (MASS.) S-23607
Please make return to P. White Parker 2 nd .

County of Windham ss. District of Westminster
STATE OF VERMONT.
At a Probate Court held at Westminster in said District on the day of August 24 th 1832 being a Court of Record having been lawfully constituted
On this fourth
day of August
A. D. 1832—Personally appeared in open Court,
Presiding Rev Peter B. Taylor (Judge)
Before the said Probate Court, within and for said District now sitting— Joseph Hunter a resident of Westmoreland in the county of Windham and State of Vermont, aged Seventy Three years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832—That he entered into the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated
That he enlisted at the town of Sturbridge in the County of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts on the day of March in the year 1777 for the term of three years and passed muster at Leicester in said County of Worcester and joined the Company commanded by Capt. Adam Martin in the Regiment commanded by Col. Timothy Bigelow of the Massachusetts line on the Continental establishment being the 15 th Massachusetts Regiment. marched to Albany and joined the Northern Army under Gen. Gates. was present when Burgoyne surrendered and after the capture of Burgoyne's Army went with the Army to the South and wintered at a place called Valley Forge in New Jersey and in the summer of 1778 was in the movements at Brandywine and Red Bank and at Red Bank and later on the Island where the battle was between Gen. Sullivan & the Enemy. & retreated off and wintered at Providence & the next spring marched to West Point and joined the Army under Gen. Washington and remained there and in that vicinity till the close of the said term of three years and was discharged at a place called Haverdon Heights in March 1780 and received a written Discharge signed by Lieut. Col. Abijah Wood the Commandant
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
To the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, he answers, upon his said oath, as follows:
1. When called into service how long since been lost by a man named John to whom it was delivered & unable here to draw back arrangements which were said to be due and he never returned
 1. Less in Massachusetts in the year 1758  2. Has no record of his age but may be recorded in said Massachusetts  3. When called into service lived at Sturbridge Massachusetts since the War lived in said Towns recorded  4. Has already answered  5. Has already answered 

6. already answered
Joseph Dutton
7.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Peter M. Lapham - Judge
We Isaac Hovey a clergyman, residing in the town of Westmoreland in said Franklin and Isaac Hovey who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Isaac Hovey years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears from the  Isaac Hovey who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the said town of Westmoreland and that Isaac Hovey who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Westmoreland in said county and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Peter M. Lapham - Judge of the Probate Court, within and for
I Isaac Hovey Clerk of Probate the District of Westmoreland Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Dutton for a pension.
aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this Seventh day of August A. D. 1832.
Isaac Hovey

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Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 115
[Arrangement of 1870.]